Cape Manorsky (
Russian: ''Mys Manorsky'') is a cape in the western
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
. It lies ten miles (15 km) southwest of Cape Nosorog. A small reef extends to the south of the cape.
History
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
whaleships targeting
bowhead whale
The bowhead whale (''Balaena mysticetus'') is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and the only living representative of the genus ''Balaena''. They are the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters, ...
s used the bight to the west of Cape Manorsky in the 1850s and 1860s. They called it Florence or Schooner Harbor. Both names are in reference to the
barque ''Florence'', of
Honolulu, which frequented the area in the 1850s and 1860s and utilized
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
s as tenders. Ships that anchored in the bay sent
boats out into the
ice just offshore or to the head of
Uda Gulf
Uda Gulf or Uda Bay (russian: Удская губа; ''Udskaya Guba'') is a gulf or bay in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation.
Geography
Uda Gulf is located in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk. It lies just west of the Shantar Islands. The Uda ...
to look for whales. Boats were also sent ashore to get wood.
[''Favorite'', of Fairhaven, June 21, 1860, KWM.]
References
Manorsky
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